TY - BOOK AU - Taiwo,Olufemi TI - How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa SN - 978-0-253-35374-0 U1 - 325.6 21E PY - 2010/// CY - Bloomington, Indianapolis PB - Indiana University Press KW - Africa KW - Civilization KW - Philosophy KW - Colonial influence KW - Colonization KW - History KW - Europe KW - Colonies KW - Politics and government KW - Missionaries KW - Democracy KW - Capitalism N1 - Bibliogr. p. [323]-327; Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Colonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shores : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of British colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globalization : doing it right this time around ER -